Head Coaches

REPESA, JASMIN

Lottomatica Roma

"I was waiting from my team a great reaction after our loss in the Italian League with Benetton, but I did not see tonight pride and reaction. We should play hungry of a win, with the same spirit you go out to play on a playground, but it wasn't. I have nothing more to tell, just that I prefer go back home to sleep, think about the game, and tomorrow talk to my players. I think that nothing is impossible, and we can find a solution in the next weeks, trying to reach the Top 16."

SCARIOLO, SERGIO

Unicaja

"We lost two Euroleague games at the extra sessions and one at the last tenth of second, and those were bad losses, and our confidence went really down. Tonight we remained focused for all the forty minutes, and we shot better than Roma both on field goals and from the foul line, and we played a very good defense on Bodiroga, and this was one of the main goals of the game. I think our matchup zone defense was important, we switched defenses after losing a good margin, and we took away to them four-five streak attacks, and they lost confidence. After our loss on Sunday in the Spanish League we talked, saying we can have a bad moment on offense, but for this reason we have to increase our defensive performances. In the first half we gave big freedom to Mavrokefalidis, but we played a great defense in the second, and we turned over few balls."

Players

BODIROGA, DEJAN

Lottomatica Roma

"I'm disappointed for our loss, we tried to do all that was possible to get the win, but they shot better than us, and used an efficient zone defense late in the last quarter. They have a deeper roster and also more Euroleague experience than us, but we have all the time to recover and reach our goal."

SANTIAGO, DANIEL

Unicaja

"It was a very difficult game, but we won and we're happy for this win, we know that every game in the Euroleague is tough as tonight. I think our zone defense was decisive late in the fourth quarter, we did everything we could to get the win, and we are improving our play game-by-game, and I hope we will follow on this way. I'm doing all I can to help my team, and I'm happy to be here, but I think the victory is well deserved by my team because everybody did their job."